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Lynda M. Young, M.D., President
Corinne Broderick, Executive Vice President
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
Debra F. Weinstein, M.D., Chair
Deeb N. Salem, M.D., Vice Chair
Paul M. Copeland, M.D.
Terrence R. Flotte, M.D.
Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D.
Thomas J. Moore, M.D.
Stuart B. Mushlin, M.D.
Matthew R. Naunheim
Jack K. Ringler, M.D.
Matthew D. Schmitz, M.D.
Zirui Song
Thomas E. Sullivan, M.D.
EDITORS
Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., Editor-in-Chief
Gregory D. Curfman, M.D., Executive Editor
Edward W. Campion, M.D., Senior Deputy Editor and Online Editor
Deputy Editors
Lindsey R. Baden, M.D.
Mary Beth Hamel, M.D., M.P.H.
Julie R. Ingelfinger, M.D.
John A. Jarcho, M.D.
Dan L. Longo, M.D.
Elizabeth G. Phimister, Ph.D.
Caren G. Solomon, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Editors
Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D.
Robert G. Dluhy, M.D.
Arnold M. Epstein, M.D., M.A.
Michael F. Greene, M.D.
Mark S.J. Klempner, M.D.
Thomas LaMont, M.D.
Thomas H. Lee, M.D.
Allan H. Ropper, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Anthony Rosenzweig, M.D.
Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., Managing Editor
Ralph B. D’Agostino, Sr., Ph.D., David Harrington, Ph.D., David J. Hunter, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Sc.D., James H. Ware, Ph.D., Statistical Consultants
Debra Malina, Ph.D., Perspective Editor
John K. Iglehart, National Correspondent
Graham T. McMahon, M.D., M.M.Sc., Medical Education Editor
Sara B. Fazio, M.D., CME Editor
Jonathan N. Adler, M.D., Clinical Strategy Editor
Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., M.Sc., Editor-at-Large
Daniela J. Lamas, M.D., Lisa S. Rosenbaum, M.D., Editorial Fellows
EDITORIAL BOARD
David Cunningham, M.D., F.R.C.P., London
Robert Freedman, M.D., Denver
Scott M. Hammer, M.D., New York
L. David Hillis, M.D., San Antonio
Danny O. Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., Durham
Masaki Kitajima, M.D., Tokyo
Bob Löwenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Rotterdam
Philip A. Marsden, M.D., Toronto
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Boston
Joseph P. Newhouse, Ph.D., Boston
Giuseppe Remuzzi, M.D., Bergamo
Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., San Francisco
Christine Van Broeckhoven, Ph.D., D.Sc., Antwerp
Erika von Mutius, M.D., Munich
Patrick C. Walsh, M.D., Baltimore
Janet Woodcock, M.D., Rockville
Getu Zhaori, M.D., Beijing
Former Editors under Massachusetts Medical Society Ownership
Walter Prentice Bowers, 1921–1937; Robert Nason Nye, 1937–1947; Joseph Garland, 1947–1967; Franz J. Ingelfinger, 1967–1977; Arnold S. Relman, 1977–1991; Jerome P. Kassirer, 1991–1999; Marcia Angell, 1999–2000
EDITORIAL SYSTEMS
Sarah Fishkin, Director of Editorial Systems
Karen Daly, Manager of Editorial Office Services; Lauren Lindenfelser, Manager of Editorial Administration;
Joseph Piccirillo, Manager of Editorial Systems Workflow; Pamela Miller, Caryn Sandrew, Assistants to the Editor;
Briana Doherty, Senior Editorial Coordinator; Brendan Abel, Senior Perspective Researcher;
Elise DeVoe, Jennifer Kean, Senior Editorial Assistants; Cayla Ferguson, Julie Ripley, Laura Smith, Editorial Assistants; Grace Hansen, Manuscript Assistant
ONLINE EDITORIAL GROUP
Lisa Scott, Assistant Managing Editor, Online
Andrea Graham, Manager of Online Editorial Production; David Lyons, Web Copy Specialist; Kristin Sidorov, Web Production Specialist
MANUSCRIPT EDITING
Margaret Perkins, Director of Manuscript Editing
Deborah Moskowitz, Manager of Manuscript Editing;
Elizabeth Quilty, Manager of Editorial Scheduling and Tracking;
Deborah Stone, Quality Assurance Manager; Victoria Alexander, Chief Manuscript Editor;
Cynthia Hastings, Senior Manuscript and Production Editor; Sharon Hogan, India Koopman, Mary Prince, Senior Manuscript Editors;
Dan Fields, Diane Forti, Elizabeth Laurençot, Manuscript Editors; Graham Davidson, Production Coordinator; Jessica Derby, Pamela Stryjewski, Editorial Copy Specialists; Jeffrey Allen, Ethel Garvin, Senior Proofreaders; Lindsay Guth, Copy Editor
GRAPHIC ARTS
Kathy Stern, Graphic Arts Director
Timothy Vining, Manager of Medical and Scientific Illustration;
Darah Whelihan, Layout Manager; Kimberly Knoper, Scott Leighton, Lori Messenger, Scott Williams,
Senior Scientific/Medical Illustrators; Daniel Müller, Interactive Medical Media Designer;
Tomoko Shibusawa, Senior Information Graphics Specialist; Jennifer Moses, XML Content Producer;
Debbie Brooks, Layout Coordinator; Richard Waring, Senior Layout Artist; Patricia Morrissey, Layout Artist
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
John E. Muenning, Director of Editorial Production Technology
Ellen Duff, Editorial Metadata Manager
Christopher R. Lynch, Vice President for Publishing
